One of the trickier aspects of “general Java” development is related to comparing Java reference types for equality. Fortunately, most of us learn early in our Java development experience that we can ...

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Java’s String class encapsulates an array of bytes. A byte can be converted to a char, in which case, String becomes an array of characters used to compose words, sentences, or any other data you want ...